Democratic senators are introducing legislation that would block the Treasury Department from minting $1 coins with President Donald Trump's likeness on them. Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Catherine ...
Would a proposed coin featuring the president on both sides commemorate America’s founding, or undercut its founding principles? Flouting convention, the Trump coin would be the second U.S. coin ever ...
In a landmark archaeological achievement, Egypt has successfully recovered three monumental statues from the Mediterranean seabed of Abu Qir Bay, marking the country's first major underwater recovery ...
Cleopatra VII, Egypt’s iconic queen, left behind few traces of her reign. Beneath the harbor of modern-day Alexandria, archaeologists have uncovered ancient coins bearing her image amid the ruins of a ...
“After 2,000 years, no one has ever been there. We are the first,” said archaeologist Kathleen Martinez, citing the harbor’s link to Taposiris Magna as a decisive clue. On Thursday the Egyptian ...
She was sifting through earth and found a rare coin of an Egyptian queen: only 20 in the whole world
While Israel remains focused on the tragic conflict in Gaza, life continues in many other parts of the country. In the middle of the Jerusalem Walls National Park – City of David, at the Givati ...
There are historical characters that are no longer themselves. They become archetypes and symbols for us to project upon. Cleopatra is one such character — no longer a queen, but almost a mutable ...
The undated photo shows uncovered remains of military fortresses and residential units for soldiers dating back to the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, in the North Sinai Province, Egypt. (Photo: Xinhua) ...
Tombs from the period when Alexandria was emerging as a cosmopolitan capital of the Hellenistic world. Credit: Alexandria Necropolis Project The Shatby Necropolis from the late 4th–3rd century BC is ...
More than 2,000 years ago, the trade of Dead Sea bitumen and salt was thriving in the Levant. Delivering them from source to market required a long and potentially hazardous journey through the Judean ...
Archaeologists discovered a 2,200-year-old pyramid structure in the Judean Desert near the Dead Sea that featured stones weighing hundreds of pounds each. Early returns from excavations have already ...
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